Collar for neckwear.



vr. W. PARSONS COLLAR POR NEGKWEAR.

APPLIQATION FILED JUNE 22, 1908.

Patented July 7,- 1914.

0F CLEVELAND, OHG, ASSGNGR T THE IEARSONS is Yentenized mig *3, HDi/il.

implication filed Tune 23, 1908. Serial No, 439,663.

To all fui/om may concmn Be it known thai, l, nen-moon Vil'n'nmlrnnsoxs, e eitizen of the United Suites, iesiding :il Cleveland., .inehe county oi e'iiyuhogzi and Siete oi lhio. have :ini'enled rsei'iiinnew and ueefol improv. nen-e in Collars loi' Neckwear. and do leoniethat 1the following ie :i full, and exact de seription of the invention,which will en able others skilled in 'the art zo which it appei'nins tomul/:e and. use the seme. l

M); invention ielabes lo ii11} ,zi \'einei'its in eollni's ioi" nochweer. and the improvement eonsisl's in lhe eonsbiuolion suhsifintizillyes herein Shown and described and more pei ionlnily poinod oni', in bheClaims.

lo the aceoinp -ying di'awii'ige, .Figure l is e, mi; 'perspective viewof ehe coller, sind e top edge View of one end thereof willi illeininieclino edge of il'ie Collar broken iii-Vey ioin the 'ionl ieaiwveidto difsolose the n i l ion heee-oli. 5 is n Seeione'l elevation on lino13 Fig. l,

and Fig. is a` Cross qeotionlil elevation Corresponding eobsoiiliz'illyto line 4.4, Fig. l. The con amelie hee-ein comprises the collei piopeiC oli' -ny-down 'type oi' '-.fniieiy and n strip or lah i) locatedtherein between the bond o1' portion of the oollm' 2- ivhieh @einesneri@ lio the neel: and the outer or tninwdown poilion --3--, Shown. Theobject hei-ein is o provide the Collar With boconhole extensions iet theiespeotive ends of the collar Whieh eie '.free 'Lom the Colley etiininediale end edges .fa and gf, o1 lhe edo'e olf the band sindla"-do\vn porlio from the timid-over edge sind angle o1 ne? 'eo ehe endlilizil 'he id edge oi ooi:n hell be under no ui. Janine. 'liho er lebor extension il) shown in Suid his instance :is etending; entirelyaiound within the collar ite ull length, .und pro 'vif withn-bu'itonhole (i at its fear and center in Ehe pince Where the tiene"veel bul.- tonholeveomes in coller, and the bond or neck portion of thecoller is l'eoessed or outA ont at iv from its lowe edge upwa ed toabout half? its own depth oi' the :hill Width of lehe said part D at therem' ind for Some distance upon both Sides of the hole (i, So that theeollm is only two layers deep in said ecesseil portion, and oy havingrelatively Wide 'le cess 'the bend and adepation of the collerieeyjeoiively, sind subelnnl'ially freezibout the noch: is. Yrenderedoasy, and convenience foi butloning through the hole (3 ie facilitated.The said perl;- 'D fuitlieinoe has snbsmntielly ihe :same Widththroughou the gi'eniei poi'lion of ite length or body portion :is shownherein, but gifsidually wid-ens nl; ils upper edge toward its ends orexti'eniities? where it is made as wide/relie tively :is the usual tabor buttonhole @dem sione upon collars and is otherwise oonsti'nol'ed orshaped to resemble such tabs o1.` extensions and thus avoid any unusualeppenranees in the collar when ii; is upon the neck. lli'y will beobserved oleo that the upper odge of seid extension oi tab poi-tions lis free from the immediate Corneior angle 5 of ehe collez` inward forSonie distance, soy to about 7, Fig. Q, so that no strain comes uponthis angle portion of Jche Collar in handling the seid labs orextensions or in the Wearing; of the collar. Under these fmoi'ingconditions it has been found that e collar will wem' almost indefinitelyand not necessarily sustain breakage or injury it the point 5, Whilewith the strain thaI olliei'wiee comes to the said buttonhole eX-'loneions 'the bnttoning and unbuttoning of the colhii' is rendered muchmore easy and eoiwenient than fomnerly. .In this connection il; will, ofCourse, be understood that lhe two paris C and D, which constitute thecomplete collar as it goes to 'he market and is Worn, are cemented orotherwise adhered oi secured together ovei' at least poitions of theircontacting surfaces so as to make them piaclioally one for service sindto keep the parte in right relations. and any suitable ndheeii'e orothei ineens may loe employed for L le 'luminose By cutting the Saidrecess S ielativelf/ es wide or slightly Widein than the strip D and,by'lleaving said sbrillo fee to bend or dex bellween the edges of therecess regardless ol he ley-down portion of the Collin', l provide 'foreasy butioning and imhutl'oning the collar al. this polini., und thisadds materia ly to the popularity of the collar among neel-S.

The construction of collar as heretofore deeeribed is essentially atwo-piece collar and may obviously be modified Without materiallydeparting from the spiit of the invenion which involves in the maiinlheuse ol' :i Suppleinenlul band or strip having buit-onhole poijtionswherewth free and easy secured therein of relatively narrower: Width etAitsl middle than at its ends to provide widened tabs at the front/of thecollar and a free upper` space between the folds of the.

collar .at the rear and having buttonholes in its ends and its middlelportion.

A collar having a; layedown portion and e strip of greater length thanthe vcollar laid between the band and the said lay-down portion andhaving ends of substantially thel -seine width as the band and providedwith' 'lm tbonholes, the band of the collar being reoe'esed ab itsmiddle and rear and the said v strip having e buttonhole exposed. insaid recess. l 3. A twofpiece collar forneck wear oomprising an innerlneck band portion having an outer turn-down portion, and a supplementalstrip of narrower width at its' middle `than at its ends secured to saidinner band stantially the same Width as said b and portion and adaptedto overla'p and have-free play in respect to the end edges thereof.

In testimony whereofl sign thisv speciii-z cation in the presence ofvtwo witnesses..y

FREDERICK WILLIAM PARSONS.

Witneses:

E. M. FISHER,- F. C. MUSSUN.

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